Clothespin



Oct. 11. 1927.

G. BRADY CLOTHESPIN Original Filed Nov. 9.1925

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Patented Oct. 11, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GERTRUDE BRADY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHESPIN.

Application filed November 9, 1925, Serial No. 67,781. Renewed February17, 1827.

My invention relates to improvements in clothespins.

The object is to provide a simple, inexpensive clothespin of springmetal so shaped as to form gripping fingers adapted to snugly engage thethinnest fabric without damaging it and which clothespin is soconstructed as to be easily and quickly secured over a piece of clothinghung upon a line.

My improved clothespin is of such a char acter that the spring metalWire of which it is built is so bent that a resilient loop is produced,which loop serves as a handle .for the clothespin and one side of whichcooperates with a projectin end portion to form a spring clip adaptec togrip a piece of clothing.

A preferred construction consists in for1ning the clothespin of springmetal wire so shaped that the end portions cross each other on a longside of an elongate loop and extend outwardly beyond the crossing pointto provide in co-operation with the adjacent sides of the loop springclips adapted to grip pieces of clothing.

The wire of which the clothespin is formed is doubled upon itself sothat the clothes-gripping portions are of doubled wire and the wireforming the clothespin is of a non-rusting character which will notinjure the fabric. I

The above objects and advantages together with others will more fullyappear from the following description, appended claims and accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved clothespin.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved clothespin.

Fig. 3 is a. side elevation showing the pin in use.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the clothespin shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modified form of my improved clothespin.

My improved clothespin is formed from a single piece of spring. metalwire which is bent as shown in the several figures of the drawing toprovide an elongate-loop 10. The wire is doubled upon itself so that theend port-ions thereof themselves form loops and the ends of the wire arecarried back and twisted at 12 about the wire which forms the closedside of the loop.

The closed end portions of the loop cross each other substantiallymidway of the long side of the loop opposite the binding 12. These endportions are indicated as 14: and 16, and as illustrated in the drawingsthe end portion letpasses between the wire loop which'forms the endportion 16. The wire being of spring metal the loop itself is resilientand each end portion serves in conjunction with the adjacent side of theloop to act as a clip, as shown in Fig. 3, to engage over a piece ofclothing such as 18 to secure the same upon a clothesline 20. Either ofthe end portions 14 or 16 may serve as a clip and these end portions eX-tend outwardly at an acute angle to the adjacent side of the loop.

The loop itself isadapted to be used as a handle to be gripped in thehand of the operator to be secured over the clothesline.

What I claim is:

1. 7A clothespin formed of a single piece of spring wire having each endportion doubled back upon itself and twisted thereabout to make atwo-strand wire provided with closed end loops, said two-strand wirebeing bent into the shape of a loop with its closed end portionscrossing each other, each closed end portion extending outwardly fromthe crossing point at an angle to the adjacent side of the opposite endportion and forming therewith a spring clip.

2. A clothespin formed of a single piece of spring wire each portion ofwhich is doubled back upon itself to form a twostrand Wire and twistedabout the doubled back portion of the opposite end to bind two strandstogether, thereby formingv a twostrand wire having closedend loops, saidtwo-strand wire bent upon itself so that the closed end portions crosseach other, one of said closed end portions extending between the twostrands on the opposite closed end portion and each closed end portionextending outwardly beyond the crossing point and forming with theadjacent side of the opposite closed end portion a spring clip adaptedto grip a garment placed therein.

3. A clothespin formed of a single piece of wire having each end portiondoubled back upon itself, said end portions overlapping each other andtwisted about the two strands to hold them together, said two strandwire bent into the form of an open loop with the closed end portionscrossing each other, one closed end portion extending between twostrands that form the opposite closed end portion and each closed endporllH) ' form with the opposite closed end portion a spring clip, said'crossing point being positioned on the opposite side of the loop fromthe point at which the-ends of the single piece of 'wire are twistedabout the two strands.

4. A clothespin formed of a single piece of wire, having each endportion doubled back upon itself and secured to the intermediateportiono't' the wire, making a twostrand wire provided with closed endloops, said two-strand wire bent into the, shape of a loop with itsclosed end portions crossing each other and extending outwardly from thecrossing pointto form with the adjacent side of the opposite end portiona spring clip.

5. A clothespin formed of a single piece of wire, having each endportion doubled back upon itself and secured to the opposite end portionand to the intermediate portion or the wire, making a two-strand wireprovided with closed en-d loops, said two-strand wire bent into theshape of a loop with its closed end portions crossing each other andextending outwardly from the crossing point to form with the adjacentside of the opposite end portion a spring clip.

In testimony'whereof, I sign this specifica- 0 tion.

I GERTRUDE BRADY.

